Authors

Campus Units

Document Type

Article

Publication Version

Published Version

Publication Date

1994

Journal or Book Title

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volume

10

Issue

5

First Page

729

Last Page

733

Abstract

An energy efficient 12-crate farrowing house was designed and evaluated on a South Carolina swine farm. Pig performance was 9.2 pigs weaned per litter with 5% mortality, both were better than the national average. Energy consumption was less than estimates for a conventional 12-crate farrowing house with estimates of savings ranging between $288 and $467. Winter operation requires extra herdsman attention during farrowing periods.